WEBVTT FOOTBALL FANS. WVTM 13’S CHIP SCARBOROUGH TAKES A LOOK AT THE TROUBLE SPOT. >> ROLL TIDE ALL THE WAY. CHIP: STEPHANO SEALS IS AN AVID ALABAMA FOOTBALL FAN AND MAKES THE DRIVE TO TUSCALOOSA AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR. BUT WHAT’S ABOUT TO HAPPEN HERE ALREADY GIVES HIM A HEADACHE. >> YOU BETTER HAVE YOUR CALL ON -- YOUR CAR ON FULL, BECAUSE YOU’RE GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE IN TRAFFIC FOR A WHILE. SO YOU BETTER HAVE GAS IN YOUR CAR, THAT’S WHAT I THINK. CHIP: BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT, ONE OF THE TWO LEFT TURN LANES GOING FROM MCFARLAND BOULEVARD TO INTERSTATE 20-59 NORTH TOWARDS BIRMINGHAM WILL CLOSE. MEANING AN AREA ALREADY CLOGGED WITH FANS TRYING TO LEAVE TOWN AFTER A GAME WILL BE EVEN MORE CONGESTED, NOT TO MENTION A DAILY HASSLE FOR LOCALS. >> IT’S GOING TO BE A BACKUP TODAY THEN. ' ’CAUSE THAT IS A BUSY INTERSECTION. CHIP: CREWS WILL ALSO CLOSE THE SINGLE LEFT TURN LANE GOING FROM MCFARLAND TO 20-59 SOUTH TOWARDS MISSISSIPPI. MEANING ONE OF THE THREE LANES -- THROUGH LANES ON MCFARLAND WILL HAVE TO BE CONVERTED INTO A LEFT TURN LANE. >> YOU MIGHT AS WELL LEAVE A WHOLE HOUR EARLY JUST TO GET UP OUT OF THERE. >> IT’S GOING TO BE A MESS. CHIP: THE END RESULT IS THIS, A NEW AND WIDER BRIDGE ON 20-59 AT THE MCFARLAND EXIT. AND A NEW TRAFFIC FLOW UNDER THE BRIDGE THAT WILL GET DRIVERS WHERE THEY’RE GOING FASTER. THOSE TURN LANES ON MCFARLAND BOULEVARD UNDER 20-59 WILL BE CLOSED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 12 AND 18 MONTHS. MEANTIME, THE ACTUAL BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT SHOULD BE FINISHED AT THE END OF